612 Chaotic Situation

"The wild rice stems have been planted this time, and they can be harvested in May or June at the most. Do the math, whether the food can last until then." Yun Yiyi said.

Yan Qinghe had seen the harvest of bamboo shoots before, so he was also confident about it.

As long as their food can survive this period of time.

Although many people came in from behind Fushan County, his pressure was not too great.

But the county magistrate was far more anxious. The higher ups indeed allocated funds, and allocated a lot of money. He used the money to appease the people and repaired some temporary houses to accommodate the group of people who fled into Fushan County.

Today, the county magistrate received a bad news.

"It's not good, Master Yan, the war has begun. The Great Chu attacked Fuzhou. Now Fuzhou is on the edge of a knife. The capital has been transporting grain and grass in a steady stream. How can we care about us." The county magistrate panicked.

He just got the news now, so this thing happened a long time ago, and the news from the capital will be delayed for at least a few days.

It was an unwise decision for Da Zhou to go to war at this juncture, but since Da Chu chose to attack, they were also on the passive side, and there was nothing they could do.

In fact, this matter had nothing to do with the county magistrate, even if there was a war, he only needed to hide, but now that Fushan County has just had a glimmer of life, and Fuzhou has such a big event, how can the emperor care about them? Fushan County must have been left to fend for itself.Therefore, the county magistrate was undoubtedly hit by a bad news.

He didn't know that Anyang County had become a mess. After learning about the war in Fuzhou, the Minister of Rites made an excuse and went to the capital immediately. He even left the people here, making people panic.

What's going on in Fuzhou, the people don't know yet, their dream is also very simple, they just want to eat and drink warm, if Dazhou can't do this, the people below will be restless.

Naturally, Yan Qinghe also got the news that the emperor stopped distributing food to Fushan County a few days ago. Although he felt strange in his heart, he actually guessed something.The emperor sent him and the Minister of Rites to deal with the plague, but they ignored it afterwards, and they must have encountered more difficult things.

It turned out that Da Chu started the war.

He frowned, feeling depressed in his heart.

As a member of the Great Zhou, he certainly hoped that the Great Zhou would be safe and successful forever, especially as a member of the court, if the Great Zhou were to decline, their power would also decline.Now Da Zhou can't go to war at all, food is scarce, and Bai Sinian is only recovering from his injury, which is not good for Da Zhou.

In the imperial court, the atmosphere is also very solemn.

The Prime Minister on the right said angrily: "This Great Chu is so arrogant. It was because he was unreasonable first and even killed the prince of the Qiang Kingdom. Now we are united with the Qiang Kingdom and we can fight."

The emperor did not speak, but through the bead curtain, his expression was not very good.The Prime Minister on the right simply said a bunch of nonsense, they had no choice now, they were preempted by Da Chu, if they didn't fight, they would surrender directly, even though Fuzhou was far away from the capital, they couldn't be separated.

At this moment, he heard the right minister say: "Your Majesty, I still have something to report."

"what's up?"

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites heard about the accident in Fuzhou, and wanted to solve the emperor's worries, so he decided to return to the capital immediately, and hoped that the emperor would allow it." Prime Minister Right said slowly.

"He, a cultural ambassador, can share any worries for the emperor. I think he just ran away, and he is not willing to solve the affairs of Anyang County. These days, the people in Anyang County have been displaced, begging and fleeing everywhere, which has already aroused public anger. Come back, Your Majesty, I implore you to punish the Minister of Rites severely." Li Jian said word by word, he is a speech officer, his words are ugly, and sometimes even the emperor would criticize him, it can be said that he survived the knife, He is not afraid of anything, but fortunately the emperor still keeps him, which shows that he still has trust in him.

The good thing about Yanguan is that he has no other accomplices in the court, he is innocent and helpless, if the emperor does not trust him, he will only have a dead end.

The Prime Minister on the right glanced at him, and said in a disdainful tone, "According to Lord Li, I am not worthy to share the emperor's worries." The Minister of Rites has a higher official position than Li Jian, and Li Jian is also brazen.

Li Jian didn't care about some loopholes in his words, he continued: "I heard that the people in Anyang County are now running outside, which can be said to have aroused public anger. On the contrary, Fushan County has taken in many people, among them There are people from Anyang County. These two counties suffered at the same time, but they are completely different. It can be seen that the Minister of Rites did not take the emperor's words to heart, which led to the current situation. He must be fully responsible. Your majesty, you must not let When he comes back, let him atone for his crimes in Anyang County."

The emperor lowered his head, holding a few letters in his hands, some were news from the county, and some were news from Fuzhou.

The form is very unfavorable.

He doesn't have the energy to manage Anyang County now. As for the Minister of Rites, he doesn't even want to see anyone, and he doesn't want to argue with him now.

"Let the minister of the Ministry of Rites continue to stay in Anyang County. If the matter in Anyang County is not resolved, he will not be able to come back for a day." The emperor made a conclusion, the right minister rolled his eyes, and stopped talking. Coming back, it can be seen that at this chaotic moment, he wanted to kill first and then play later. In order not to disobey the emperor's order, he could only continue to return to Anyang County.

"Allow [-] dans of grain to go to Fuzhou, and we must keep Fuzhou." The emperor said that there is not much food now, but he is willing to use all the grain that can be used on Zhan Zhanshan. After all, only when the soldiers are full can they have the strength to fight.

As for the ordinary people who were suffering, after weighing it, he could only let it go.This is also a bad idea. After all, if the country is broken, everything will be over.

These days, that's the most important thing.

After the next court, everyone has their own thoughts.

Da Chu's situation is actually not good, but he openly took the risk of attacking Da Zhou, and he didn't know what he had in mind.The rest of the small countries are all irrelevant and have put it on high, and have not expressed their attitude.

Only they know how difficult things are. The Qiang Kingdom did not dare to take action after being humiliated. It can be seen that Chu is strong, but no matter how powerful he is, he dares to create a gap with the two countries, and he can still launch a war now. His ambitions can be described as great. .

On this day, an urgent secret letter was sent from Fuzhou to the capital suddenly. The emperor just opened the letter and immediately threw the letter on the ground. Shocked to hear the bad news.

When Prime Minister Zuo was summoned, he felt something was wrong. In the royal study, the emperor smashed all the vases on the side, but he didn't ask anyone to come in to clean it up. It can be seen that he was on the verge of anger.He stood on the table, fidgeting, his face turned blue and white, and the surrounding atmosphere was very uncomfortable.

"See the emperor." Prime Minister Zuo lifted up his robe and knelt down, and saw the emperor hurriedly said: "You don't need to be too polite, just sit down first, I have something important to discuss with you."

As soon as Zuo Xiang had an ominous premonition in his heart, there was an extra letter in front of him, which was thrown to him by the emperor, "You read it first."

As soon as he saw the letter, his eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth trembled: "Fuzhou is about to be breached, so what should we do, go support it now." No, it's too late, even if we send troops there now, it's too late.Besides, they don't have that many available people.

Da Zhou's military strength is not strong, and for so many years, except for one Bai family, there is no one available.Besides, soldiers are needed in the palace, if all of them are sent there, the palace will be in danger, they can't take this risk.

"Of course we have to send troops, but there is no one available in the court. Who do you think is the most suitable?" the emperor asked. The rest of the people probably won't be able to keep it, but he must keep Fuzhou, otherwise the morale of the soldiers will be completely lost. It can only be encircled and suppressed by Da Chu.

They sent [-] soldiers this time, including [-] elite soldiers, plus the [-] soldiers sent by the Qiang Kingdom. They have a numerical advantage. After all, Da Chu only dispatched [-] soldiers.At first, they thought that Da Chu was just joking, but they didn't know that they went straight all the way after the sneak attack.

Da Chu was also affected by the plague this time, and their situation was no better than that of Da Zhou. Under such circumstances, it was simply ridiculous that he dared to attack their two countries with a small number of soldiers.

But what's even more ridiculous is that they were beaten back and forth.

Zuo Xiang's eyes were full of worry. He filtered the characters in his mind, but he didn't find a suitable person. There was still one person in the Bai family. He used to be called General Changsheng, but he was old. Can't afford a knife.

"How is the current situation of General Bai?" Prime Minister Zuo asked. In fact, when Da Chu launched the war, they were not so pessimistic. How did they know that Da Chu was so brave and won more with less? Put Da Zhou on a cutting board.

How did they know that worse was yet to come.

"General Bai was seriously injured and the situation is grim. No matter what, we must send troops to support now." The emperor said.He knew that even if he sent troops there now, it would take a long time, and it was still unknown whether he could survive there.

After the two discussed for a long time, they were both deeply distressed.

A few days later, more unfavorable news came.

The people in Anyang County rebelled. They formed a legion themselves and rebelled against the Minister of Rites and the local county magistrate together.Anyang County is now like a den of bandits. They robbed all the food from the county magistrate's house, and they robbed it openly, because the people agreed and got unanimous consent.

"You're simply an idiot." Prime Minister Right scolded severely after hearing the news.

In the court, he said: "The Minister of Rites has done his best. He used to distribute food and money to the people, but these are not enough. The people in Anyang County are really greedy, and they are ungrateful." According to Yi Chen, we should deal with all these troublemakers, and then rescue the Shang Shu and the county magistrate."

"Besides, there is no surplus food now, so it's better to give up the people in Anyang County. Fuzhou needs a lot of food and grass now, so of course we have to worry about this place first. It's just a bunch of troublemakers. Just suppress them directly. Forgive them. Dare not resist."

If the emperor stopped distributing food to Anyang County, those people would of course rebel. Without food to eat, they would certainly not sit still, but if food was distributed, what would Fuzhou do?So this is a dead end, there is no solution at all.

He put forward this idea, which is actually exactly the same as the Minister of Rites. The people in Anyang County were a little restless at first, so the county magistrate arrested them, some were released after a few days of detention, and some were beaten up They did not scare the common people, instead they pushed them to the extreme and turned them back completely.

The current situation in Anyang County is that there is a shortage of food and medicinal materials. The people there have begun to rob openly and secretly, and even the people in power don’t care. If you send troops to arrest them now, it will indeed solve the problem, but it will also leave endless troubles. Because they didn't solve the root problem.

What the people want is a prosperous dynasty, and now they only want food.

"Your majesty must not, if you arrested him, why did you send Lord Shangshu there? What we need to do is to restore Anyang County to a clean place, not to make Anyang County a forbidden area from now on."

If all the people in Anyang County are dealt with, then the county does not even need a county magistrate, and it will be reduced to an empty county. This is completely cutting off one's own arm, which is completely unfeasible.

There were not many people in Da Zhou, and the people were the foundation, so if we could keep it, we had to keep it.

(End of this chapter)

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